Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 7 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 2:49 PM CST (20:49 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 3 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-12-31 20:49:10 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.965° N, 97.830° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.7 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
97°
Stations used
0

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.63 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 12
  2. 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.64 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.39 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 10
  6. 2.712 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 9
  8. 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 9
  9. 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.58 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
  14. 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 50
  15. 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 13
  17. 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 7
  18. 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 8
  22. 3.3Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
  23. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
  24. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 7
  27. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 29
  28. 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
  32. 2.59 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 3.3Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  36. 3.016 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 12
  37. 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  38. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.34 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  40. 3.1Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.413 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.93 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 22
  43. 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 2.613 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  49. 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 8
  50. 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 9
  55. 2.9Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 2.6Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 112.

Before

  1. 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 9
  2. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.74 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 9
  8. 2.66 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.89 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 34
  11. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 19
  12. 2.83 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.66 km SW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  20. 3.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 18

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007nxb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:26 AM UTC.